CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE
BILL 6010
Chapter
13, Laws of 1995
(partial
veto)
54th
Legislature
1995
First Special Session
LEARNING
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 8/22/95
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Passed by the Senate May 16, 1995
YEAS 35 NAYS 10
JOEL PRITCHARD
President of the Senate
Passed by the House May 23, 1995
YEAS 82 NAYS 11
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CERTIFICATE
I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State
of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6010
as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon
set forth.
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CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
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MARTY BROWN
Secretary
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Approved June 14, 1995, with the exception of
section 2, which is vetoed. Place Style On Codes
above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
June 14, 1995 - 10:22 a.m.
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MIKE LOWRY
Governor of the State of
Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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SENATE BILL 6010
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Passed Legislature - 1995 First Special
Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/22/95.
Referred to Committee on Education.
Affecting the
funding formula for the learning assistance program.
AN ACT Relating to the
learning assistance program; amending RCW 28A.165.070; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.165.070 and 1993
sp.s. c 24 s 520 are each amended to read as follows:
Each school district
which has established an approved program shall be eligible, as determined by
the superintendent of public instruction, for state funds made available for
the purposes of such programs.
(1) For the ((1993-94
and 1994-95)) 1995-96 school year((s)) and thereafter,
the superintendent of public instruction shall distribute funds appropriated
for the learning assistance program in accordance with the biennial
appropriations act. The distribution formula shall be based upon an
assessment of students and a poverty factor.
(2) ((For the
1995-96 school year and thereafter and unless modified under subsection (4) of
this section, the superintendent of public instruction shall make use of data
derived from the basic skills tests in determining the amount of funds for
which a district may be eligible. Funds shall be distributed according to the
district's total full-time equivalent enrollment in kindergarten through grade
nine and the percentage of the district's students taking the basic skills
tests who scored in the lowest quartile as compared with national norms. In
making this calculation, the superintendent of public instruction may use an
average over the immediately preceding five or fewer years of the district's
percentage scoring in the lowest quartile. The superintendent of public
instruction shall also deduct the number of students at these age levels who
are identified as specific learning disabled and are generating state funds for
special education programs conducted pursuant to RCW 28A.155.010 through
28A.155.100, in distributing state funds for learning assistance.
(3))) The distribution ((formula in this section))
of funds is for allocation purposes only.
(((4))) (3)
The superintendent of public instruction shall recommend to the legislature a
new allocation formula ((for use in the 1995-97 fiscal biennium)) that
uses additional elements consistent with performance-based education and the
new assessment system developed by the commission on student learning. ((The
superintendent may request a delay in development of the new allocation formula
if the commission's assessment system is not available for use in the 1995-97
biennium)) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop the
recommendations for a new allocation formula not later than the 1997-98 school
year, based upon the initial implementation of the assessment system for
reading, writing, communication, and mathematics.The text of the
following section has been vetoed by the Governor. It is noted in bold italic.
*NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or
support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall
take effect immediately.
*Sec. 2
was vetoed. See message at end of chapter.
Passed
the Senate May 16, 1995.
Passed
the House May 23, 1995.
Approved by the Governor June 14, 1995, with the
exception of certain items which were vetoed.
Filed in
Office of Secretary of State June 14, 1995.
Note: Governor's
explanation of partial veto is as follows:
"I am returning
herewith, without my approval as to section 2, Senate Bill No. 6010 entitled:
"AN ACT Relating to the learning assistance program;"
Senate Bill No. 6010 changes the state
funding formula for the learning assistance program beginning with the 1995-96
school year. Section 2 contains an emergency clause indicating this act is
necessary "for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or
safety, or support of the state government." However, the new formula
starts with the beginning of the 1995-96 school year, which is not until
September 1, 1995. Preventing this bill from being subject to a referendum
under Article II, section 1(b) of the state Constitution unnecessarily denies
the people of this state their power, at their own option, to approve or reject
this bill at the polls.
For this reason, I am vetoing section 2 of
Senate Bill No. 6010.
With the exception of
section 2, Senate Bill No. 6010 is approved."